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Patent GB-190200236-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Making Carbon Paper and the like.
Filed: 1902-01-03
Granted: 1902-01-30
Abstract: 236. Lake, H. H., [Crown Paper Co.]. Jan. 3. Copying documents.-Relates to machines specially adapted for impregnating paper with carbon or like ink containing wax, without leaving a coating on the surface. The paper to be impregnated passes from a roll 3, over a guide-roller 4, round a drying-cylinder 5, over a guide-roller 6, thence through a series of inking-rollers 7, paper scrapers 11, and tension rollers 18, round a cooling or setting cylinder 19, to a winding-roll 20 on the upward extension 1<a> of the framing 1. Three sets of inking &c. rollers are shown, but any number may be used. The rollers 7 are steam-heated, and run in the ink or coating liquid contained in troughs 8 having steam-heated chambers 10 beneath them. A wiper or scraper 11<a> is applied to each roller 7 to regulate the amount of liquid. The paper scrapers 11, which press the liquid evenly into the substance of the paper, are carried by steam-heated shafts or chambers 12. The tension rollers 18 are carried by arms 17 fixed adjustably on shafts 67<a>. The shafts 67<a> are mounted on vertically-movable slides 67, and the scrapers 11 are mounted on similar slides 70. These slides are adjustable by crank-pins 82 on shafts having hand-levers 77 for turning them. The shafts are locked in the adjusted position by means of arms 73 thereon engaging slotted segments 71, to which the arms may be clamped in the desired position. The liquid in the troughs 8 is agitated by curved arms moved to and fro longitudinally of the troughs by levers operated by crank-pins &c. Steam is supplied to and exhausted from the cylinder 5, the rollers 7, the scrapers 11, and chambers 10 by systems of pipes 5<x>, 5<x x>, 15, 10<x>, 10<x x>, &c. Water or cooling-liquid is circulated through the cylinder 19 by means of pipes 19<x>, 19<xx>, &c. The inking- rollers 7, cylinders 5, 19, and winding-roller 20, are driven by gearing from the shaft 22. The bearings 41 of the shaft of the paper-supply roller 3, Fig. 12, are carried by trunnion screws 44 in forks 42 adjustable vertically in brackets 45 on the framing by screws 43. By these means the shaft and roller are adjustable laterally and vertically. The shaft is adjustable longitudinally by a screw nut 47, having a flange 48 engaging a grooved collar 50 fixed on the shaft. The nut 47 is on a screw 46 carried by an arm of the bearing 41. A strap, passing round a sheave 51 and engaging the screw 46, acts as a brake. The shaft 32 of the roller 20 is in adjustable bearings 64 carried by trunnion screws 65. At one end of the shaft the screws 65 are in a fixed fork of the framing, and at the other end they are in a fork 66<a> on a sliding block 60 vertically adjustable by a screw 63. The shaft 32 is adjustable longitudinally by a nut 67 on a screw projecting from the block 60, the nut having a flange engaging a grooved collar fixed on the shaft.
Patent GB-190201264-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Treating Beer for Bottling.
Inventor: DEWAR JAMES LESLIE
Filed: 1902-01-17
Granted: 1902-08-14
Abstract: 1264. Dewar, J. L., and Tripp, E. J. Jan. 17. Beer, preserving. - Beer is treated prior to bottling so as to supply it in a sparkling condition and to prevent it from forming deposits in the bottles. The beer is caused to traverse, in an upward direction, a tubular refrigerator b over which brine or other cooling-liquid flows; it is then passed through carbonators h and a filter or filters i contained in a cold chamber j.
Patent GB-190202104-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Mechanical Calculating Tables or "Ready Reckoners."
Inventor: BOERNER FRANZ
Filed: 1902-01-27
Granted: 1902-08-28
Abstract: 2104. B÷rner, F. Jan. 27. Calculating-apparatus.-Consists of a multiplication table upon a card with or without a cursor c. It may be printed on a postcard, and advertisements may occupy the margin.
Patent GB-190224140-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Calculating Machines.
Inventor: HADDAN HERBERT JOHN
Filed: 1902-11-04
Granted: 1903-06-11
Abstract: 24,140. Haddan, H. J., [Heinitz, W.]. Nov. 4. Calculating-apparatus. - Relates to means for transferring the tens in the rotary counting- mechanism, and to a locking-device for the driving and registering wheels. The peripheries of discs 2, 3, 4 .... , keyed on a shaft 1 which is driven with the same angular velocity as the crank shaft of the machine, fit exactly into arcs forced on the peripheries of discs 15 carried by the number wheels 9, 10, 11 .... , which revolve loosely on a fixed shaft 8. The discs 2, 3, 4 normally lock the disc 15, but are provided with notches 23 which release the discs when turned towards them. When the shaft 1 is rotated and the discs 15 are released, a tooth 24 on the disc 2 rotates by one tooth the wheel 16 which is adjacent to the corresponding disc 15 of the units wheel 9, the completion of the movement of the units wheel being ensured by the pushing-action of the back edge of the notch 23 against the arc-shaped edge of the disc 15. At the tenth revolution, the tooth 17 actuates the wheel 20, which is held in position by a spring bar 25, and moves it together with the attached wheel 21, which in turn moves by one tooth the wheel 16 of the tens wheel 10, the notch 23 in the disc 3 being then turned toward the corresponding disc 15. The movement of the hundreds, thousands, &c. wheels 11, 12 .... is similarly effected. The locking-device for the driving and registering wheels comprises a pivoted lever 36 provided with a tooth 38, which locks the star-wheel 35 when the lever is raised by the contact of the projections 41 on the teeth of the driving-wheel 27 with the part 39 of the lever 36. If, however, by means of the disc 31, one or more of the teeth on the driving-wheel are displaced laterally so as to gear with the wheel 32, the corresponding shoulder 41 is withdrawn from under the lever 36, which then descends and releases the star-wheel 35, allowing the wheel 32 to be rotated by the driving-tooth.
Patent GB-190306126-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Platen Printing Machines.
Filed: 1903-03-17
Granted: 1904-01-21
Abstract: 6126. Waite, F., and Waite & Saville. March 17. Platen presses; inking-apparatus.- Relates to platen presses having oscillating t y p e beds and an inking- cylinder carried by the bed. To enable the inking - rollers to remain for a period in contact with the inking- cylinder, a stud 43, Fig. 1, on one of the brackets 26 carrying the rollers works in a slot 45 in the bridle link 32. The stud also has a roller 42 which works in a curved slot in an arm 40 pivoted on the link 32. A spring 46 normally keeps the arm in the position shown, but when the rollers have almost completely passed on to the cylinder, an arm 47 on the slotted arm 40 engages the shaft 28, and moves the slot over the stud 43. The curve of the slot is such that it nullifies the action of the bridle link, the axes of the rollers coming to rest on the cylinder for a period. To obtain a uniform application of ink, one or more of the rollers are made with their end bowls 49 wider than the bowls 66 of the other rollers, and are held clear of the type bed during the forward stroke of the rollers by lifter bars 50. These bars have inclined slots 51, Fig. 4, which engage with blocks 52 secured to the side of the type bed, and are operated by links 55 connected to arms 56 on a rocking-shaft 57, so that on the backward stroke the lifter bars are lowered, and the inking-rollers which were kept clear of the type on the forward stroke come into operation. The shaft 57 is rocked by an arm 59 having a roller 58 which engages the tappets or inclines 60, 61, Fig. 1, alternately as the type bed vibrates to and fro. The leathercovered bearers 65, Fig. 4, on which the end bowls run are eaoh fixed on four studs 67 passing through the type bed 2 and projecting at the back. The ends of the studs bear against a plate 72 which is fulcrumed on its edge and adjusted by a screw 75 so as to adjust the height of the bearer. A spiral spring 68 is mounted on one or more of the studs to keep the bearer pressed against the bed. The check spring for returning the eccentric shaft supporting the bed to its working position after the check has been applied, consists of a spiral spring 80, Fig. 1, compressed between an arm 81 on the eccentric shaft and a projection 82 on one of the connecting-rods 5 moving the bed.
Patent GB-190313450-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Ellipsograph.
Inventor: KURKA LADISLAV
Filed: 1903-06-16
Granted: 1904-04-21
Abstract: 13,450. Kurka, L. June 16. Ellipsographs; compasses, drawing.-Relates to an instrument by means of which ellipses are produced as sections of a cylindrical surface with the drawing-board. On a metal bar a are mounted two adjustable sleeves c, l. The lower sleeve c carries a fixed radial arm connected by links to a pen or pencil. To the extremity of an arm fixed to the upper sleeve l, is pivoted a shank p carrying a pair of compasses or dividers r by means of a hinge pin q. When used to describe an ellipse, Fig. 3, the pointed end of the bar a is placed at the intersection of the axes, and the bar inclined and placed in a plane at right-angles to the drawing-board, which contains major axes of the ellipse. The point of the pen or pencil is adjusted at a distance from the vertical plane which contains the bar a and major axis, equal to half the length of the minor axis. The sleeve c being loose upon the bar, the pen or pencil point describes an ellipse as it moves round the bar. The instrument may be used for drawing circles by fixing the sleeve c by the set-screw k.
Patent GB-190319928-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shackles and Shackle Pins for Coupling Miners Trams; applicable also to Coupling Railway Wagons.
Inventor: FRANCIS THOMAS HENTON
Filed: 1903-09-16
Granted: 1903-10-22
Abstract: 19,928. Francis, T. H. Sept. 16. Couplings, non - automatic.-To prevent the pin from being jerked out of the coupling- shackles in railway wagons and miners' corves o r trams, the form shown in Fig. 1 is used. The round pin a has oval collars forming the shoulders b, d, and the top is flattened into the shape shown. The end c is made larger than the opening in the top arm of the shackle e. To remove the pin, the end c is pushed to the left, and the top to the right, and the shoulders d, b lifted through the corresponding holes in the lower and upper arm of the shackle. The end c can then be lifted through the hitching-plate f. Coupling is performed in the reverse manner. The lower arm of the shackle extends beyond the upper, enabling the hitching-plate to be easily guided into position.
Patent GB-190321886-A (GB)
Title: A Rotary Explosion Engine
Inventor: MARS WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-10-12
Granted: 1904-09-22
Abstract: 21,886. Mars, W. Oct. 12. Annular-chamber type.-An explosion engine of the annular-chamber type driven by gunpowder is shown in Figs. 2 and 3. It may be used for propelling cycles, road or other vehicles, or for stationary, portable, or marine purposes. The central drum c provided with packing-rings on either side has an annular recess f with an abutment g. Free to revolve within the outer casing is a ring having pockets m carrying the powder which is charged through a funnel o connected to the powder magazine. The powder, on entering the port or combustion chamber i, is exploded by an electric spark or other means, premature ignition being prevented by the piece 4, k. The stop r, kept in place by the spring t, acts as an abutment. The pocket-ring is rotated step by step by an arm v which oscillates on the bearing e and carries a pawl w<1> which engages with the pockets m and is actuated by an eccentric wand toggle levers as shown in Fig. 3. The eccentric is loose on the shaft and can be geared to it by a clutch, actuated by a hand lever, to start the motor, or set free to stop it. A modified form of engine suitable for cycles is shown in Fig. 4. The charge entering through the orifice o is fed to the combustion chamber by the action of two plungers operated by an eccentric on the main shaft.
Patent GB-190326685-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Runners for Cornice, Curtain and the like Rods.
Inventor: ALLMAN WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-12-07
Granted: 1904-10-13
Abstract: 26,685. Allman, W. Dec. 7. Making apparatus for drawing and suspending curtains.-Runners for cornice poles are made from sheet metal blanks of the form shown in Fig. 2. Projections 7 on the blanks are bent inwards to form thickened ends 8, Fig. 1, and these ends are bent at right-angles to the parts 11. The central part 6 of the blank is formed into a ring 15, from which the curtain is suspended, the edges of the ring being turned over to prevent fraying of the suspending cord or hook.
Patent GB-190400983-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Planes.
Inventor: KIMBERLEY WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-01-14
Granted: 1904-11-17
Abstract: 983. Kimberley, W. Jan. 14. Planes.-Moulding and rabbeting planes are made with interchangeable faces e by means of which one plane body a can be used with faces of various shapes and sizes, The faces are attached to the body in any suitable manner.
Patent GB-190404545-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with the "Springing" of Spring Seated or Surfaced Furniture.
Inventor: BARRETT WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-02-24
Granted: 1904-12-31
Abstract: 4545. Barrett, W. Feb. 24. Spring surfaces for chairs, couches, mattresses, &c., Figs. 1 and 3, comprise a number of spiral springs a, c, d, of usual constraction, the lower convolutions of which are strengthened by diametrical stays a<3>, c<3>, d<3>. The springs are connected together at their lowest convolutions by rigid links e, f, g, and are connected by yielding stays i to the frame h of the chair or couch. The links and stays e, f, g, i are formed with hook ends to facilitate attachment to the springs, the hooks being afterwards closed down to prevent the links or stays from becoming detached. The upper convolutions of the springs a, c, d are sewn to the canvas covering j, Fig. 3, and may, in addition, be connected together by links such as e,f, g. The links i may be formed with loops to permit them to yield easily when the springs a, c,d are compressed. When applied to mattresses, the mattress is made in the form of two square frames hinged together, each of which is upholstered as described.
Patent GB-190404887-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Displaying Advertisements or the like.
Inventor: BLYTH JAMES FREDERICK
Filed: 1904-02-27
Granted: 1904-07-21
Abstract: 4887. Blyth, J. F. Feb. 27. Advertising. - Relates to clock apparatus for automatically and intermittently displaying advertisements. The clock casing carries a disc d, Fig. 3, and an annulus e with openings f through which the advertisements on the disc d are displayed, the centre of the annulus being occupied by the clock - face c. Either or both rings d, e may move relatively to each other in any desired way, but in this construction the ring c alone, which is supported by friction-wheels c' and has teeth e<3> on its surface, is rotated, by means of a wheel e<1>, Figs. 4 and 5, controlled by clockwork gearing. When the clock is going, a wheel g, which is driven by the arbor of the escapement wheel g<x>, say, depresses a lever h every half-minute, say, through the action of pins g', and so raises a lifting lever h<1> and with it a locking- lever h<2>. A stop pin i<1>, driven from a fusee l by gearing k, j, i, is released and moves to the right, but is caught by the lever h'. When the first pin g<1> clears the lever h, the lever h<1> falls, and the wheel i is thus freed, and the fusee l drives the annulus e by way of gearing l, k, j, i. e<1>. The lifting of the lever h' has raised a lever h<3>, on the same shaft, out of a gap j<2> on the wheel j, and directly the train k, j, i operates, the lever h<3> advances on to a solid piece j<1> on the wheel j, where it remains until the succeeding advertisement has been exposed by the disc e. The lever h<3> then falls into the next gap j<2>, the lever h<2> falling at the same time and locking the driving train by engaging the pin i<1>. A cam surface n, carried by a wheel n' which is driven once in 24 hours from the clock, is so arranged that at an arranged time, a lever m and stud m<1> are actuated to press the wheel g out of gear with the lever h, and so stop the apparatus for a determined time, say during the night. The disc d is preferably made of plates of opal glass, so that it may be illuminated at night, while a ratchet and pawl mechanism, or any other arrangement, may be used for driving the annulus e. In the Provisional Specification, it is stated that an electric motor or an electromagnet may be used for operating the ring e, while two or more rings may be fitted concentrically and driven at different speeds, the apertures being made to alternate with each other in the different rings ; that a number of such devices may be grouped round the clock, at the sides as well as in front ; and that one or more endless bands with apertures may replace the discs, and may carry advertisements themselves, as may the discs also in the spaces between the apertures.
Patent GB-190405982-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of, and Apparatus for, Corrugating Metal Plates with which Apparatus may be Combined Devices for Shearing and Bending the said Plates.
Inventor: JEYNES ALBERT GEORGE
Filed: 1904-07-14
Granted: 1905-05-18
Abstract: 5982. Jeynes, A. G., and Green, G. W. July 14. Bending; shearing; corrugating.-In apparatus for corrugating plates or sheets by a step-by-step process, the plates are fed in by rolls 2, Fig. 2. One corrugation is made by rolls 3<a>, 4 and further corrugations are made by rolls 5, 6. The plate then passes to rolls 7, with shearing-edges 9, 10 and thence to bending-rolls 11, 12, 13, which may be adjusted for any desired curvature. More steps than those shown may be employed, and the corrugations may be made first at the edge instead of at the centre.
Patent GB-190410084-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Watch Protectors
Inventor: SLATER GEORGE
Filed: 1904-05-03
Granted: 1904-06-09
Abstract: 10,084. Slater, G. May 3. Watch protectors.-Relates to a protector to be fixed in the watch pocket. A stout piece of bent wire B, Figs. 2 and 3, soldered or otherwise fixed to the plate A, has a metal loop C hinged to it at its free end. The watch is secured by sliding the watch ring along the plate A past the loosely-pivoted loop C, which falls back on to the plate A. A sliding catch D, with a guiding-strip F, has a knob d' and a raised end d, which engages and holds the loop C when pushed forwards. The watch is released by disengaging the catch D and raising the loop, by depressing its extension C'. The loop C may be replaced by a straight piece of metal with an obliquely-cut end, and the catch D dispensed with. Holes are provided in the plate A for fastening the guard to the inside of the pocket.
Patent GB-190414768-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Emptying Bottles or other Vessels.
Inventor: ELIAS OWEN AUBREY
Filed: 1904-07-01
Granted: 1905-01-19
Abstract: 14,768. Elias, O. A. July 1. Emptying bottles &c.- The delivery tube B passes through the elastic bulb A, which terminates in a screw or other plug F, or a cap, adapted to form a tight joint with the neck of the bottle &c. G. The upper end C of the bulb is fitted tightly, o r otherwise secured, to the tube B, to prevent the escape of air, while the lower end F is formed with passages, grooves, or channels E, to admit the air to the bottle &c. The bulb is preferably provided with an air-admission aperture H controlled by the thumb or finger, or with an automatic valve. Preferably, also, a flap or disc J of rubber &c. is provided to serve as a non-return valve covering the passages E. On compressing the bulb, air is forced into the bottle &c., and causes the liquid to be discharged through the tube B. The tube may be straight, curved, or bent, &c., and may be provided at its outer end with any known means for causing the liquid to be discharged as a spray.
Patent GB-190416323-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Stopping or Closing the Mouths of Bottles, Jars and other Vessels.
Inventor: JOERGENSEN JOHAN
Filed: 1904-07-23
Granted: 1904-11-03
Abstract: 16,323. J÷rgensen, J. July 23. Stoppers.-A stopper for bottles, jars, and like vessels consists of a disc or cover b, Fig. 1, provided with an annular packing-washer b<2>, and a screw cap c, which screws on to an external thread a<1> formed on the neck of the vessel. The cover b is dished, as shown, to fit inside the neck, and has a flange b<1>, beneath which the washer is placed, the washer bearing on the lip of the vessel. The cap is formed with an annular depression c<1>, which is adapted to bear on the flange b<1 >immediately over the lip, thus localizing the pressure on to the washer when the cap is screwed down. The depression also serves as a cushion, and equalizes the pressure. In a modification, the central part of the cap is dished, and may be adapted to bear on the dished central part of the cover b when the cap is screwed down. Fig. 8 shows another modification, in which the central part of the cap is cut out, and the inner edge c<3> turned down. The cover, instead of being dished, may be formed, as shown in Fig. 6, with an annular depression b<3> adapted to fit inside the neck.
Patent GB-190418876-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Conveyors.
Inventor: WILLIAMSON ROBERT
Filed: 1904-09-01
Granted: 1905-07-06
Abstract: 18,876. Williamson, R. Sept. 1. Conveyers.-In a conveyer of the jigging type, the trough A has, on its underside, inclined planes D resting on wheels E carried on a fixed support. A crank on the rotating shaft C imparts a reciprocating movement to the trough. In a modification, the trough is suspended from the wheels E by a bridge-shaped bracket having its upper side inclined.
Patent GB-190419697-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Tubes for Carrying and Displaying Flowers
Inventor: WELLS WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-09-13
Granted: 1905-09-07
Abstract: 19,697. Wells, W. Sept. 13. Flower holders.- A tube A for holding water has an india-rubber washer C at the top secured in position by a cap B. A small hole H in the washer receives the flower stem, which is also held by a wire support K, Fig. 5.